Systems and methods for rules-based automations and notifications

A computer-implemented method for home automation, the method comprising:

• generating a plurality of rule item lists associated with at least one remote device of a home automation system, the plurality of rule item lists comprising
• a generic rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a selectable generic automation rule that is associated with at least one component of the home automation system,
• a context-associated rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a selectable context-associated automation rule that is based at least in part on a location context of the home automation system,
• a suggested rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a suggested rule that has been automatically activated by the home automation system based at least in part on a series of two or more events associated with the home automation system and comprising natural language describing the suggested rule,
• a notification rule list with at least one rule item associated with a notification rule that generates a notification based at least in part on a condition of the home automation system, and
• a custom rule list with at least one rule item associated with a custom rule, the custom rule based at least in part on input received at the at least one remote device of the home automation system,
• displaying the plurality of rule item lists, each rule item list displayed together with a respective label describing a category for the rule item list, each rule item comprising a toggle element for activating or deactivating the rule item;
• controlling an availability, an execution, or both of the context-associated rule items based on a context configuration based on an existence of an alert, the context configuration based at least in part on the location context of the home automation system;
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• controlling the at least one remote device based on the toggle element and the selectable context-associated automation rule.

A computer program product for a rule-based automation and notification system, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• code for generating a plurality of rule item lists associated with a plurality of devices of a home automation system, the plurality of rule item lists comprising
• a generic rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a selectable generic automation rule that is associated with at least one component of the home automation system,
• a suggested rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a suggested rule that has been automatically activated by the home automation system based at least in part on a series of two or more events associated with the home automation system and and comprising natural language describing the suggested rule,
• a notification rule list with at least one rule item associated with a notification rule that generates a notification based at least in part on a condition of the home automation system,
• a context-associated rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a selectable context-associated automation rule that is based at least in part on a location context of the home automation system, and
• a custom rule list with at least one rule item associated with a custom rule, the custom rule based at least in part on input received at at least one remote device of the home automation system,
• code for displaying the plurality of rule item lists, each rule item list displayed together with a respective label describing a category for the rule item list, each rule item comprising a toggle mechanism for activating or deactivating the rule item;
• code for controlling an availability, an execution, or both, of the context-associated rule items based on a context configuration based on an existence of an alert, the context configuration based at least in part on a location context of the home automation system;
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• code for controlling at least one of the plurality of devices based on a selection of each toggle element for the one or more automation rule items.

A rule-based automation and notification system comprising:

• means for generating a plurality of rule item lists comprising
• a generic rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a selectable generic automation rule that is associated with at least one component of the home automation system,
• a suggested rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a suggested rule that has been automatically activated by the home automation system, based at least in part on a series of two or more events associated with the home automation system and and comprising natural language describing the suggested rule,
• a notification rule list with at least one rule item associated with a notification rule that generates a notification based at least in part on a condition of the home automation system,
• a context-associated rule item list with at least one rule item associated with a selectable context-associated automation rule that is based at least in part on a location context of the home automation system, and
• a custom rule list with at least one rule item associated with a custom rule, the custom rule based at least in part on input received at at least one remote device of the home automation system,
• means for displaying the plurality of rule item lists, each rule item list displayed together with a respective label describing a category for the rule item list, each rule item comprising a toggle mechanism for activating or deactivating the rule item;
• means for controlling an availability, an execution, or both, of the context-associated rule items based on a context configuration based on an existence of an alert, the context configuration based at least in part on a location context of the home automation system;
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• means for controlling a remote device of the home automation system based on a selection of each toggle element for at least one of the rule items associated with the home automation system.